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I’ve always thought that Brian Cox was a better Lecter than Anthony Hopkins. I also think that the best ‘Home Alone’ is Home Alone 3. Call me crazy but I like butter up my ass and lollipops in my mouth.

Most people think that Mcauly Kulkin’s greatest feat were the first two “Home Alone” movies but I think it’s landing both Mila Kunis and Brenda Song. Don’t get me wrong, the first two had its great moments. Catherine O’Hara screaming “Kevin!”. Christopher Columbus showing the peril of travelling with the extended family leading to comedic moments. The older brother douchebag Buzz who’s most definitely going to be caught for a pump-and-dump scheme. Some amazing banter between the rotund Joe Pesci and clumsy Daniel Stern. Lastly, some fascinating torture mechanisms installed by Kevin McCallister that would put Patrick Bateman’s chainsaw to shame. Home Alone 1 and 2 are silly and good for the holidays but Home Alone 3 is an actual good movie.

First of all, Alex Pruitt, played by Alex D. Linz, is an excellent “left home alone” kid. Mcauly Culkin is kind of a spoiled doofus the entire movie and then suddenly turns into a character from a Rube Golberg cartoon. But Alex Pruitt shows that he’s a shrewd, curious man who is very capable of handling technology which makes the toy racecar gag and the climax of the movie extremely convincing. Also, the scenes when Alex confronts the FBI director with frustration for the alleged false alarm is very well acted.

Also, the plot of Home Alone 3 is quite complex for a silly Christmas movie involving terrorists trying to take back a microchip stuck in a toy from a little kid. The 4 actors who play the terrorists have done enough work in the initial scenes to be menacing, which gets the eventual payoff when they look like idiots at the hand of Alex’s traps. David Thornton who plays Earl Ungar steals the show as to who can bring out the most laughter from incompetency. Raja Gosnell, the director, uses the brutal winter of the “The Windy City” to assist with the intensity of the consequences faced by the perpetrators but not actually taking it as far as first degree homicide like in “Home Alone 2”.

My favorite two members of the cast are Doris, the rat, and Parrot, the parrot, who are very well used to deliver two of the funniest scenes in the movie especially the one involving a hockey stick. Followed closely by two men stuck in the bottom of an ice-cold Chicago winter pool and the police yelling “freeze”. Lastly, I love John Williams, but the music in Home Alone 3 is phenomenal especially the use of “My Town”.

I think nostalgia will stop the majority of the country to admit Home Alone 3 is the better movie but I’ll die with this take any day! But I’m sure we can all agree Home Alone 4 was one of the worst movies ever created.